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I would like to end, again, by urging all of my colleagues to support this amendment as well, and I want to thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the entire committee and Rules Committee for entertaining these two very important…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, insert the following: (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the…
I also want, in closing, to urge all of our colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Golden). The amendment…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 14, after ``services'' insert ``, including health care services provided as part of…
It seems clear that if we are going to be in the business of writing new laws to prevent violence, we should at minimum commit to enforcing the laws we already have.
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils of this world are to be cured by legislation.
If we want to combat mass violence, we have to address the human factors actually driving it.
Can you talk a little bit about how that might impact either yourself or a business like the one I am noting back home in Maine?
So there are some short-term steps that you are going to have to take on a longer term.
One of the things that this shutdown I think impressed upon me in my first few weeks in Congress is that when we fail to provide that kind of leadership in Congress, that is one of the embarrassing things about it is people like you have…
I urge all of my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill that would ensure geriatric education for our current workforce while it would optimize resources to bolster academic careers in geriatrics and help to attract the best and the…
The danger is you don't want to have the president continue to insult the intelligence community, saying you've got it wrong, I don't believe you.
One of the problems on this, Anderson, is the president is impulsive, impetuous, and he responded to what he heard were reports about the testimony.
I thank the gentleman from Florida for reminding us of some important compromises. Some I liked, some I didn't. But were it not for the Missouri Compromise, we wouldn't have Maine, so I am glad about that one anyway. Also, as you said, we…
I thank the gentlewoman so much for sharing that and for hosting a roundtable in her district. Madam Speaker, I think every time we have a chance to have people gather to talk about this, at least they know we are listening to them, even…
I thank Ms. Sewell from Alabama for being here tonight. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).
I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his comments. I know it is particularly challenging in a district where so many people are close to Washington and so many Federal employees have a multitude of challenges. So I appreciate the…